Calendar-pad holder.



P. H. YAWMAN. CALENDAR PAD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 1910.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

unirnn scrn'rns PATEN v PHILIP H. 'YA'WMAN, F R0'(IfHES'lli l'litj NEW YORK; ASSIGNOR 'IO Y'AWMAN AND ERZBE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YQIB-K, A CORPORATION OF NEW Patented Aug. :6, 11912.

YORK. v CALENDAR=PAD HOLDER.

1,03%,370. Specification of Letters ratent.

i Application filed December 8, 1910. Serial No. 595,351.

fib-eil'whowi zit may sanctum:

Be it known that ,I Puma? YAWMAN,

, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe. and

' of the same with the new and useful Improvements in Calendar- Pad Holders; "and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the :same, reference being :had to the accompanying. drawings, forming a part 'of the specification, and to the refer once-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to paper State of New York, have invented certain files and bindersjand particularly to that.

class which includes loose leaf holders such as are used for memorandum pads, calen- I dars, etc, and it has for its. particular oleject to provide a convenient holder of this kind that can be cheaply formed and the parts thereof readily assembled. To these and "other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combeing of the specification."

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a loose-leaf holder,'containing a calendar pad; Fig. 2'is a side elevation;

pad removed and an arch shown disengaged indotted lines; Fi

3 is a plan view of the blank from whic ti-onal View through one of the impaling members taken in a plane eoinciden-bwith the upper surface of the base, and Figs. 5*

forming which "a portion of the latter is sheared on the line and bent downwardly on the line 5 3 which the present device is provided-are given.

Each arch consists of a strip 8 of flat .metal having its ends bent flatwise of the strip to extend transversely of the intermediate portion, one end 8 being secured to the face 02E the leafsupporting portion 7, which will be later referred to, by striking up a strip 10 from the latter and inserti-n-g the end 8 beneath the strip. The other end extends downwardly to form the im-paling post 'liand its free end forms an attaching portion that is capable of tachably interlocking with the base, in order that, leaves may be removed when de- 1 mediate part between the two ends constitutes a spring port-ion '8", the wholebeing preferably composed of resilient material,

when turned back. 7 When so turned, they Test against a portion 'of the base that is upwardly on the line '66 (Fig. 3) forming the extension 7 before referred to,

that constitutes the leaf supporting member. the base is formed; Fig. 4 IS a detail sec-f In order-to em a secure but detachable connection between the impalin post 11 and the base the latter is provi ed with an aperture 12 having a restricted portion 13 5 and the engaging portion of the former is provided with a reduced. portion. by form- Fig. 2, but owing to its elasticity, the spring portion 8 may be flexed to allow pads, and such a device has been illustrated in the present instance.

In the drawings,

which illustrate one embodiin'ent'of the invention, I have shown such a holder confl twining a "calendar pad composed of sepa-:

rate sheets 1, provided with printing mat-f ter the date and day of the week and a blank space for Inemoranda. The pad is supported upon a flat base 2, pref erably formed of sheet material and is given a sli htly inclined position by providing a leg the engaging portion of the impaling post 11 to be moved in a substantially longitudinal direction through the-aperture in the base until thereduc'edl portion thereon is' in alinement with the restricted portion of the aperture, whereupon the elasticity of the strip has atendency to move the post in the plane of the arch into the restricted portion. The shoulder 11*,formed by the at the rear end of the base in the edge of the restricted portion of the aperture which edge constitutes a shoulder Inasmuch as both of the 'two "arches with alike, a description of one only will being a notch ll in one edge thereof. The strip 8 normally occupies the position notch 14:, in this position engages beneath sired. and others substituted. The interblnatlons of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features {pointed-out in the claims at the end.

15 (Fig. 5) and prevents the disengagement of the impaling post by motion thereof in an upward direction, the post in the region of its shoulder 11 adjacent to its reduced portion formed by notch 14 being wider than the restricted aperture. In order to limit the downward motion of the impaling portion while being inserted in the aperture, a stop 16 is provided by bending the metal removed from the aperture 12, downwardly and then parallel to the base, at a slight distance below the latter. When the lmpaling post is moved downwardly into engagement with the stop, the reduced'portion of the post'is brought into alinement with the restricted portlon of the aperture so that the post may be moved laterally into the restricted portion by a flatwise motion and the shoulder 11 engaged beneath the base.

A projection, 17 on that edge of the aperture 12 which, in the present instance, constitutes the shoulder 15 separates the restricted portion 13 from. the larger portion that allows of the withdrawal of the shouldered end of the arch andas said end is moved into the restricted portion preliminarily to the enga ement of the/shoulders 11 and 15" itis eflected laterally of the plane of the arch by'the inclined rear edge 13 of the projection and finally snaps back behind the same, as. shown in Fig. 4,'at which time the shoulders .11 and 15 cooperate. In order to disengage them again it is therefore necessary to first deflect the post until its notched ortion 14 clears the projection (-the shoul ers remaining interlocked) after which it may be moved into the larger portion of the aperture 12 with a reverse lateral movement that disengages the shoulders and releases vthearch so. that it may be withdrawn" longitudinally. The projection 17 then acts as a latch which normally prevents the' shouldered end of the arch from leaving the restricted portion 13, two sequential movements at right angles to each other and both against the sprin tension of the arch being necessary to e ect a disengagement of the shoulders 11" and 15 and such a combination of move- .ments, it will be-readilyrecognized, would not be apt to inadvertently occur.

The parts are preferably so arran ed that in alinlng the impaling post with t e aperture 12 prior to insertion therethrough a certain amount of torsion is imparted to I the spring portion 8", which operates to hold the lmpaling post and latch. in cooperative position.

I claim as my invention 1. Ida paper file, the combination with a base, and a relatively movable impalin post, of interlocking shoulders on the lmpa ing post and base engaged by a lateral portion 13 of the.

movement of the former to prevent disengagement of said members 1n a direction longitudinally of the post,'and a latch for 'movement of the post in a reverse direction.

3. In a paper file, the combination with a base, of an impaling pos't, interlocking shoulders on the impaling post and base en-'. gaged by a lateral movement of the former.

and a latch on the base adapted to be brought into cooperative relation with the impaling post by a movement of the impalingpost in a direction transversely of the first motion. I

4. In a paper file, the combination with a base, of march connected to the base comprising a spring port-ion and an impalingpost, interlocking shoulders on the impaling post and base engaged by a movement of'j'the former and a latch on the base-adapted to engage the ,impaling post to prevent a. reverse movement, said spring portion operating to hold the latch and post in co6per ative relation.

5. In a paper file, the combination with v a base havlng an opening therein provided with a restricted portion, of an arch formed of flat material connected at one end to the base and bent flatwise to provide a spring portion and an impaling post, a shoulder on the impaling post adapted to pass through the opemng 1n the-base and to en: gage beneath the latter by a movement of the post in the plane of the arch into the restricted portion of the opening and a latch -on the base for preventing a reverse movement of the post out of the restricted portion of the opening, said latch bein engaged by the post as the latter is move in a direction transverse to .the plane of the arch under the influence of the spring port1on. I

6. In a paper file, the combination with a base provided with an aperture and having an upwardly extending leaf supporting por-- tion, of an arch arranged above the base comprising a strip of flat material. havin its ends bent angularly, one being secured to theface of the leaf supporting portion and the other being arranged to extend downwardly and to enter the aperture in the base and being provided with a notch in one edge formin a shoulder adapted to interlock on the un er side of the base.

7. In an arch file, the combination with I a base having an upwardly and angularly extending leaf supporting portion, of an arch connected at one end to the upwardly extending portion and having its free end detachably interlocking with the base/ 8. In-a paper file, the combination with a sheet metal'base having an aperture therein, of an impaling post arranged above the same and movable in a substantially longitudinal direction into and out of the aperture in the'base and having a shoulder thereon adapted to engage beneath the edge of the aperture by a relatively transverse movement of the post andv a stop arranged to engage the end of the post to center the shoulder in engagingposition comprising an ear formed by striking down the mate rial removed in forming the aperture.

9. In a paper file, the combination with a base having an aperture therein rovided with a restricted portion; of an lmpaling post having an engaging portion movable in a substantially longitudinal direction through the aperture in the base and pro vided with a reducedrportion 'movable with a lateral motion of the post into the re-, stricted portion of the aperture.

PHILIP H. YAWMAN.

Witnesses HENRY HALL', F. F. CHURCH. 

